The Hungry Little Caterpillar

This was just an awesome creative lesson that I wanted to share!! Our speech therapist brought it in for the students, and it was big hit!!!

The caterpillar from the story was made out of a sock died green. The sock was stuck through paper plates that had the different foods that the caterpillar ate through his journey.

Here is a link to the best template I found for the project!

http://plantspress.blogspot.com/2012/04/very-hungry-caterpillar-retelling.html

Here are pictures of our work!!

Such a fun time, and great for retelling the story!!


Miss Underwood

Butterfly Life Cycle

The class I am student teaching in is preparing for a field trip to the IMAX and Putnam museum. We will be watching an IMAX film on butterflies!! The students are very excited about our trip, and we have been doing some education on butterflies, specifically their features and life cycles, throughout the week.

Today, we created a butterfly life cycle wheel. The resources I found were from my mentor teacher, and I could not locate the original source. Yet, I did find a website that offered a similar template (http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/pz-butterfly-life-cycle.html).

Students colored the pictures of the four main life cycles. (1. Egg, 2. Caterpillar, 3. Cocoon, 4. Butterfly) We then pinned the wheel onto a paddle, also included in the template of the website. Then, we practiced spinning the wheel and talking about the life cycle of a butterfly.

This was a fun project, and the students did a great job coloring!! Great to use for other cycles such as the water cycle, plant life cycle and much more!!

Happy to share! :)

Miss Underwood